http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236376.php
I found the above mentioned article and just wanted to share with you! The article talks about a novel idea of using a sort of headband with wireless electrodes that can monitor brain activity and will trigger its alarm during a specified time range but only when the patient's brain is in a more easily aroused state (Stage 1,2) rather than in deep sleep (Stage 3,4). They mention how they use the concept of that a person is woken from a night's sleep during an arousable period cycle, they will feel more refreshed than if they are woken during a deeper part of the sleep cycle. We all know that sleep is important for normal motor and cognitive functions as well as growth and rejuvenation of the immune, nervous, skeletal and muscular systems. If you have ever woken up naturally you can probably recognize that you feel more rested and alert. I think that that this technology helps us integrate what we know and what we have experienced to help us have a better, gentler and more refreshed awakening. What do the students who have problems waking up with alarm clocks think?
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